Improvement in pinking-irons



To allwhom itmay'conce'rn: B'e it known thatl, ELIZA I. WELCH, of` Groton, in the county of Caledonia and State of Vermont, have made certain `Improvements in IinkingIrons; and I do .hereby declare Vthat the following description, taken in con-V y nection with theaccompanyingidrawin'g, is a full specioationof the same. l

` My.' nyentionr relates to implements known l Vas pinking-irons; fand consists in certain modi;- "cations 'and iulprovementsin the ,construc- A,tion of thesam"e,las hereinafter shown and described, the object of ,this invention being to `Y Y {providea pinkingunsil suitable for cuttingv cloth orother `proper material, to be operated by hand, like shears or pinchers, the cutting- .".edgeot'` which does not strike directlyon or block or solid surface, kas lis l inking-irons now in common companying drawing, whiclifillus-y trates my invention and,` forms apart of the` specification L thereof, correspondi g parts be- F'gure represents a side view of lny'im` proved rpinking-ironr j Fig. 2 is `a plangoff the uppercuttingfedge. WIiigflyisfa plan'ofthe In th wdrawing referredto,` `Agdesignates` theup handle or lever,.having`a.tits for- '-ward ext mity the lower. cutting-toola, and

" `the lower handleior lever, pn the `f which is the upper cutti g tool `x1 l)l'all`a` the saidlevers being pivotedlin the usual man riat c.` VAs shown inthe drawing,

` "form" with c edges notched softhat a semicircular zigzag cutis'caused 'by a stroke of thecutting ools a and b lare, semicircular in-V y eR'oT.oNa,1vERMoNT.

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forxn,ias"desired. vThe upper tool, lb, is the'` .principal cutting-tool, and the `lower tool, a, conforms to the tool b, but has its edge formed by beveling one side only, as shown'in Fig. 3. Both areiso constructed that,rwhen the jaws are closed, the edge of the blade b sinks slightly belowj the surface of the blade c, and

. just back of' the same, so that ateach stroke the 'beveled parts of blades :aj and'b bear.

against: each other, and theV cutting-edge b does not directly strike anything except the material to be cut. f f .i

It is of course undcrstoodfthat for cutting different patterns different vstyles of tools are ferent tools inV this way, thanlt'o use the saine also thus to avoid the trouble of having to insertaud keep in position the dies, which must, jto operate properly, be very accurate in their settingY and cooperation.

Having described my inven desire to secure by Letters Patent- I lower cutting-toolsanda constructed-as def scribed, so, that when the jaws areclosed the lof the lower tool, but sinks slightly belowit, 'and the beveled parts of the blades rest the purposes specified. In witness whereof ELIZA P.

Witnesses: f

l M. E. WELCH, I

i )the uten ut theblades maybe varied in' vJULIA GLovER.

PATENT' orties.

required. It is found tobecheaper to use diftool withf detachable cutters and dies, and

tion, I claim and y.

` pinking-tool, consisting of the handles A `and B, pivoted,`and having the upper and cutting-edge of tool b does not strike the edge t against each other, all arranged as'and for I have hereunto subl scribed my name in the presence of two wit- 1 WELCH; Y, 

